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    Dot & Dab on brick walls for NoMorePly

    Hello everyone, I am planning on using Dot & Dab with a Mapei single part flexible tile adhesive of 12mm NMP boards to a fairly rubbish brick wall. My plasterer (a really good guy) suggested I should PVA bond the brick wall prior to doing the d&d. I have done the PVA solution now, but have been...
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    10cm x 10cm square wall tiles in a brick layout? Yes or no?

    Hi all, Bit stuck on getting the right pattern for tiling my kitchen walls. I've chosen the tiles finally and they are a slatey effect in 4 colours. I loved the mosaics but were too expensive! Anyway so the tiles don't look boring I thought about getting the tiler to set them in a brick layout...
    • MissH
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    • aus brick layout square tile tiles usa wall wall tiles
    • Replies: 9
    • Forum: British & UK Tiling Forum
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    Brick slip advice needed?

    Hi i am looking for some advice when it comes to installing brick slips? well basically were looking to tile a feature wall in our master bedroom...i have seen some travertine wall tiles at topps that are £80m2 they look quite good in the brick bond....ideally we would like brick slips can...
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    1st Job - Brick bond set bathroom

    Hi Guys and Girls, i've got my first job starting next week and its a brickbond set in a bathroom, i think the customer is removing the sink and toilet. But if they dont is there any difference to setting out compared to normal straight set. Get your datum line then work out your cuts in the...
    • barclay1406
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    • aus bathroom bond brick brick bond find a tiler job jobs set tiling job tiling jobs tiling work usa work
    • Replies: 6
    • Forum: Bathroom Tiling Advice
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    Smooth Metro brick tiles for splashback

    Hi I'm looking for some recommendations for quality Metro tiles. I had been going to get a sample of the Laura Ashley from BTC but you guys seem to suggest these are awful! I don't want beveled or crazed. I want a quality smooth tile in subtle colours. Any suggestions? all the smooth ones...
    • sallypoo
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    • aus brick clips lash lash clips metro metro tiles spacer splashback tile tile wedges tiles usa wedges
    • Replies: 17
    • Forum: British & UK Tiling Forum
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    Waterproofing direct on brick?

    I need some advice regarding waterproofing the corner of my bathroom where I am fitting a shower. The stripped wall is brick, fairly flat. I was thinking of using a hardy board kind of thing first, then waterproof. But a cousin of mine, who is a builder, seems to think that the boards are an...
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    Reclaimed brick floor, advice to choose sealer please (not linseed).

    I've just laid a reclaimed brick floor in my kitchen (full bricks, 2.75 inches thick). I haven't pointed them yet, as I need to seal them first. Problem is, I need help to choose what type to get. I love the natural colour, mellow and rustic, so ideally I don't want that to change. However, the...
    • confusedyouwill
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    • advice aus brick floor floor tiling please sealer usa
    • Replies: 36
    • Forum: British & UK Tiling Forum
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    Brickbond floor setting out

    I am starting my aunties kitchen floor on sat and need sone advice, its a galley kitchen shape and only has 1 wall were i can measure off would i be able to measure off the kick boards to find centre of the floor and do i go with the biggest measurement to avoid any deviance?
    • Coppy
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    • aus bond brick brickbond fashion floor floor tiling out setting setting out tilers usa
    • Replies: 5
    • Forum: British & UK Tiling Forum
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    Brick slips

    never fitted these before been asked to quote kitchen splashback with a sloped ceiling tomorrow what special considerations should i allow in fitting and pricing these ? and where would be the best place to get them ? many thanks :)
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    My first job - Brick bond!!

    Hi Guys, A friend of mine has asked me to tile his bathroom, he wants a brick bond stlye, however i have never done a brick bond style and was wondering where the best place would be to start and what are the main things to do (or dont do) when it comes to brick bond? Ant help would be most...
    • barclay1406
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    • aus bond brick brick bond find a tiler first job job jobs tiling job tiling jobs tiling work usa work
    • Replies: 6
    • Forum: British & UK Tiling Forum
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    Brick slip pacers

    Does anyone know where i can get some spacers sutible for brick slips.
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    who does the Brick slips on the forum please

    is it PJ, ? I can't remember, as the job i'am on are looking for guys who do them they buy old bricks and cut two out ofeach brick then they need the guys that fix them ,i can pass on your details if you would like?:thumbsup:
    • Diamond Pool Finishers
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    • aus brick brick slips forum please slips uk tiling forum usa
    • Replies: 7
    • Forum: British & UK Tiling Forum
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    vertical brickbond

    Opinions please. Tiling shower enclosure walls, approx 900 x 900 tray. I'm using 300 x 600 polished porcelain on portrait view. So there will be 3 courses of tile on each wall. Would you flow the brick effect round the corner or isolate it on each wall....bear in mind it will only be 3 rows of...
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    Tiling onto plaster on terricotta brick wall

    Hi just looking for some advice. Do the normal weight regs still apply on plastered wall if the substrate underneath is terricotta brick or would itit be reduced. They don't seem very strong
    • jwatson
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    • aus brick plaster the tile association tiling tta usa wall
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: British & UK Tiling Forum
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    Faux Brick and Tutti Fruiti

    I'm looking for something similar to this faux white brick tile... Are there any other suppliers who have a similar design? White | Fired Earth Also looking for a quartz floor tile. I'm sure I remember seeing a quartz tile in Tile Giant which has coloured specs instead of silver specks, but...
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    Advice re sealing zamorra mosaic brick please

    Hello, looking for advice re sealing zamorra mosaic brick sheets (stone with some glass / metal 'bricks'). I was sold Fila protector for honed/tumbled travertine/marble, which seems ok - I've tried it out on a spare section, but wondered if this was the best stuff to use for these tiles. I'm...
    • CJC
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    • advice aus brick coverage liquid mosaic mosaic tiling mosaics paint please seal sealing usa
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: British & UK Tiling Forum
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    Advise needed on tiling brick pattern mosiacs

    Hi all I'm just about to start my downstairs toilet and will be boxing in a concealed cistern and waste pipes and then using kito metallic brick mesh mosiacs ( Gemini Metallic Kito . I haven't tiled using mosiacs before so would like some help and advise. My questions/queries are: As these...
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    Wall Tile Trim to cover the join between two brick tiled areas

    Hello all, I'm looking for any ideas and advice on the best solution for a wall tiling problem. Customer wants wall tiled in brick / staggered pattern, one section in one colour and the other in a different colour tile. I'm looking for a T section tile trim to join the two areas and cover the...
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    Brick Bond

    Hi Everyone I am about to lay some 600 x 600 basalt tiles on a bathroom floor. Originally I was planning to use a brick pattern, but as these are square tiles I'm not sure what will look best. Also I was planning on a 2mm grout joint... I have had a closer look at the tiles now and there is a...
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    Vertical brick bond

    Hi All, need help setting out a brickbond running vertical on bathroom walls. (. I have only done a couple of bathrooms none in brick bond any advice would be greatly recieved please?

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